Week 8 Mountain West football odds: What lines stand out this week

Week 8 is here and the lines for this weeks Mountain West games have already seen movement since being announced on Sunday night. This week there are six games with five of them being league games and just one game on Friday night this week.

This game is a big game, maybe more so toward Fresno State than Boise State, but Boise State will want to get the win this year after falling 41-40 last year. Boise State is a huge 17-point favorite and that might seem a little high but Fresno State just lost to UNLV this past Friday. Regardless of the large line, the early pick has to be Boise State.

San Jose State is still somewhat of a mystery in the Mountain West even though they already played Nevada to a close 21-10 game. Going to Wyoming is never easy and seeing San Jose State as an early favorite seemed a bit odd, but since then it swung to the Cowboys to now being a small favorite. Early pick is to take San Jose State to win outright.

The ground attack of the year is what this game really should be called. New Mexico has improved this year but its defense still gives up huge amount of yards on the ground. Air Force should take this by a pair of touchdowns.

Seeing BYU favored by 10 points is a lot considering BYU has lost its last two games, missing quarterback Taysom Hill and its secondary is banged up. Nevada can score points and if they are trailing will make some sort of comeback. As of now I am not sure Nevada will win, but they should be able to cover this 10 points.

The game of the week will be in Fort Collins, Colorado, with the Rams being a 5.5-point favorite. Seeing the line increase by a point means a lot of people are high on the Colorado State mojo, and with good reason. Utah State should cover and perhaps win this game. The way these two teams play should make for an exciting matchup.

Seeing this line change in favor of Hawaii is quite the shock and that can be said in confidence even with the one-pointmovement. There is no real good reason to see San Diego State not cover this game at home.